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Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position, post budget 2009, regarding the funding and number of applicants for the greener homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35517/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if exemption thresholds will be included in the capital gains tax proposals to be introduced in a Committee Stage amendment of the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009. [35452/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek consultation with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to its concerns on the proposed Committee Stage amendment to the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009 which will subject gains on rezoned land to a capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moneys used to pay for treatments not covered by the fair deal scheme will be discounted from the Health Service Executive's assessment of the disposable income of persons partaking in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35303/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities or local authority areas with a brown bin collection service in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the steps being taken to ensure more local authorities introduce such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35809/09]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the REP scheme; the date of payment for REP scheme 4 in 2009; if sufficient funding is available to meet REP scheme 3 and 4 payments in 2009; the breakdown of the number of farmers in the REP scheme; and the persons who applied for the REP scheme in 2009 by county. [36202/09]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: If the original REPS plan was an agri-environment measure, why is it necessary to do away with the scheme and reintroduce an agri-environment measure which will have the same aims? Why did the Minister not refer to biodiversity? It will be argued the scheme was used as a supplementary income measure in some cases. The scheme's closure will result in more applicants for farm assist, which...

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Will the new scheme - we can call it the agri-environment measure for the time being - be administered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food? What was the average pay out to farmers under REPS?

Grocery Industry. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: There is too much consultation.

Grocery Industry. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: That is fine. I am used to that.

Teagasc Issues. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I asked this question, given that Teagasc's procedures and operations have already been reviewed. I do not doubt that the recommendations will be implemented. However, the McCarthy report states that there is scope for reducing Teagasc's staff numbers by a minimum of 250 in the short term by rationalisation of agricultural colleges and locations, reducing lower priority advisory and...

Teagasc Issues. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I tabled a question on the public service numbers and expenditure programme. This report was sanctioned by Government and makes specific recommendations. When I ask about these specific recommendations, with all due respect to those Ministers, I get blasé, bland answers about the wonderful role of Teagasc. My questions are pertinent to what is in the report. I want to know whether those...

Dairy Sector. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: The Agriculture Council will meet next week. Will that meeting give rise to a new regulation regarding a CMO, common market organisation, for milk or dairy, or will the status quo remain for political intervention in the market, given that there is a slight increase in the price and a slight recovery at present? Is the strategy within the European Union to do nothing at present? It is...

Common Agricultural Policy. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Environmental measures, such as water management, will become more prevalent under the CAP in future. The question concerns the administrative functions. There is a suggestion afoot that we will move from pillar one to pillar two and that, instead of direct payments to farmers for management of the economy, it will be administered through various local organisations. That danger is there,...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions which are taking place with a view to carbon reduction within the agricultural sector. [36227/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the reported 15,000 queried applications in respect of single farm payment. [36226/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for phase two of the flood alleviation plan on the Munster Blackwater at Fermoy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36547/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the consultation appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will not be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36404/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application for optical benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36436/09]

Written Answers — Schools Patronage: Schools Patronage (20 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has had separate meetings with representatives of the Most Reverend Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin; if there are draft proposals for the transfer of patronage of Roman Catholic schools in the Dublin Archdiocese to other patronage bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/09]